George Harris already knew hardship when he was drafted into the Army at age 19. He
was well prepared for basic training, having already worked in a coal mine; however, it
was the mental rigors of combat that Harris found the most difficult to bear. Upon
landing in Italy following the invasion, one of the first things he witnessed was a
bulldozer burying bodies in a mass grave. Later, at the end of the war, Harris would see
firsthand the anger of the Italian people as they mutilated and abused the corpse of their
former dictator, Benito Mussolini.